More injury troubles for the Mets’ rotation: according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, David Peterson has been scratched from Tuesday night’s start due to left shoulder fatigue.
“It’s just a matter of trying to manage some of the workload,” Peterson said after that game, an 8-2 win at Citi Field. “All the pitches in the big leagues mean a lot more than they do in live games or minor league games, so it just has been a matter of trying to manage the workload and see what works.”
Five days later, that management has the rookie righty, who improved to 3-1 with a 2.91 ERA after that start, headed to the I.L. and likely to miss at least two starts. He is replaced by Oswalt, who allowed five runs over four innings in his only other major-league outing this year, and has a 6.69 ERA in 75 1/3 MLB innings since his debut in 2018.
The injury is just another blow to a Mets rotation that has been decimated by injuries, ineffectiveness, and opt-outs this season: Noah Syndergaard is out for the year after Tommy John surgery; Marcus Stroman opted out after starting the season on the I.L. with a calf injury; Michael Wacha, who has a 6.43 ERA in three starts, is also on the I.L. with shoulder inflammation; and both Rick Porcello (1-3, 5.76 ERA) and Steven Matz (0-4, 9.00 ERA) have struggled.
So, that leaves the Mets’ rotation, which was supposed to be an overflow of strength, as two-time defending Cy Young Jacob deGrom - who himself was scratched last Friday with a stiff neck - and a whole lot of question marks, which have included one start from Walker Lockett, two from recently-stretched out reliever Robert Gsellman, and now, at least one turn for Oswalt.
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